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Creative Chaos – God on Film

This post is part of Creative Chaos with Carlos Whittaker.

This past Sunday we kicked off our summer message series, God on Film. For the first time ever, we decided to play with risers for the keys. We also did some cool filmstrips made from coroplast strips with diecut vinyl stuck on them. Alex Rodriguez, our lead set up crew guy, own a sign shop and has the machinery to cut the vinyl using a good digital process.

In the years past, I’ve always thought God on Film looked a little too much like prom. Of course, at that time we met in a school and it was tough to pull off anything great. But this year we turned a corner with the set design. We still have a long way to go, but it has been awesome to see a creative team join together and pull something off. In the past the set design and buildout was almost always done by me. That is a horrible plan. God is growing the team and bringing more talent to the table and I am loving it! I am learning that it doesn’t necessarily take more money to build a great set…it takes a bigger team. More creative peeps!

We also built a website specifically for the God on Film series (click to view.) Then, we advertised that website and the message series with 22,500 direct mailers and several newspaper ads.

Check out the pics from God on Film 2008 week one:

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Sunday Mind Dump

This mind dump brought to you by Zak’s freakishly intense brain at 2:00am…

  • God on Film kicked off today with a BANG!
  • We had 33 first time guests today – and that’s just those who filled out cards. There were more 1st timers than that! God is awesome!
  • We put a TON of effort into the kick off of God on Film:
    • Front page of one local paper
    • other paper ads
    • 22,500 direct mail pieces
    • a special website
    • personal invitations
  • God blew my mind today!
  • Cole’s sermon rocked. He brought it. When he came out with that Indiana Jones whip and fedora, I thought for sure that he would hit himself in the face.
  • We had “Indiana Cole” in the service, but we also had the Love Guru. That guy was hilarious! I think he looked more like Jesus on spring break though…
  • The PAC was PACKED today!
  • The Creative Arts team did the coolest set design ever at TCC today! We are learning the whole set thing as we go. It was awesome to see some of the possibilities…
  • I went up into the second level during church today to catch a good look at how things were going. When I got up there, I was overwhelmed with that same question I am always asking myself: “God, why me? Why do I get to be a part of something so incredible?”
  • What God is doing at The Connection Church is wayyyyyy bigger than any one person. Its bigger than me. Its bigger than Cole. Its bigger than you. THAT is exciting. We get to lay the groundwork for a church that is going to be changing the lives of our grandchildren’s children’s children. WOW!
  • Swam today with Amber and Couper. The pool was refreshing and needed!
  • I went with Cole, Micah, and Tony to see The Love Guru. DON’T DO IT. Terrible movie. I won’t lie though, I did laugh…
  • BIG BIG BIG day tomorrow. And, its also mine and Amber’s 7th anniversary!
  • Last, some pics from today for you:

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Saturday Night Shots (during the day)

The shots, early edition:

  • PUMPED about celebrating my 7th anniversary with my bride tonight! We’re going out for a night on the town. Brace yo self Austin, TEXAS! (hence the early edition…)
  • PUMPED about God on Film 2008 starting tomorrow!
  • PUMPED about some big stuff God is doing at TCC…details coming.
  • PUMPED about membership class tomorrow.
  • NOT PUMPED about the lack of MLB on television. It gets worse every season.
  • NOT PUMPED about the insane amount of design work I am going to be doing over the next few weeks…
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